Programs and Initiatives

Through programs that take students abroad and initiatives that bring international students to ASU, we are preparing a cadre of young leaders empowered to participate fully in the civic, economic and cultural life of their community.

Global Development and Sustainability

Research universities in the U.S. and around the world are a primary source of new knowledge and innovation that drives the global economy. Arizona State University is a comprehensive academic knowledge enterprise committed to discovery, creativity and innovation.

Research

Arizona State University faculty and students engage in international academic, development and research activities in more than 80 countries. If you are interested in becoming a visiting scholar, please contact the college and the colleague of interest.

Partnerships

ASU is helping universities worldwide to rethink how higher education functions to educate the greatest number of students to the highest global standards at sustainable cost.

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Global awareness comes in many forms at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Students and faculty interact with journalists from around the world through two U.S. State Department programs – the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Journalism and the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists.

The Humphrey Fellowship program brings up to a dozen international journalists to the school for a year of academic study, mentoring and professional development. And each fall during election season, another group of international journalists arrive to view first-hand how democracy works as part of the Murrow program.

During the summer, students travel to Europe and Asia to visit top media outlets and cultural landmarks as part of Cronkite’s study abroad programs.

Other students spend their spring semester studying border and immigration issues under the guidance of Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor Rick Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s students have traveled to Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and across Mexico to do on-the-ground reporting on Latino communities and Latino-specific issues.

Cronkite’s global outreach efforts are an important part of the school’s educational mission, according to Professor B. William Silcock, who directs Cronkite Global Initiatives. Whether it’s bringing journalists and media professionals from around the world to the school or organizing experiences for Cronkite students abroad, the goal, he said, “is to see the world, know the world and report the world.”